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Turn Referrer Headers On or Off in Firefox

Mitch BartlettSeptember 17, 2018 Comments (4)

When you visit a web server using Mozilla Firefox, it can request the “referrer” that tells the server where the visitor is coming from. If you don’t want this information to be shared, you can turn the referrer from being reported on or off with this tweak.

  1. Open Firefox and type “about:config” in the address bar and press “Enter“.
  2. If prompted with a warning, select “I accept the risk!“
  3. Find the entry that says “network.http.sendRefererHeader” and double-click on it.
  4. Set the entry to one of the following as desired:
    • 0 – Disable referrer.
    • 1 – Send the Referer header when clicking on a link, and set document.referrer for the following page.
    • 2 – Send the Referer header when clicking on a link or loading an image.
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Author Mitch Bartlett

Through my career that spans over 20 years I have become an expert in Microsoft Systems Administration, Android, and macOS. I started this site as a technical guide for myself and it has grown into what I hope is a useful knowledgebase for everyone.

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Comments

  1. No Body says:
    March 5, 2020 at 12:51 pm

    Do you think it would be USEFUL to actually define or give examples? The information you provide is readily and easily available.

    What it means….is NOT.

  2. DANIEL says:
    November 9, 2019 at 3:01 pm

    Really helpful, thax

  3. Refmax says:
    September 24, 2019 at 6:51 am

    That’s nice, but you will get in trouble (can’t log on) with some log-in pages (adobe.com, cisco.com)

  4. Karl SCHUH says:
    January 12, 2019 at 3:25 am

    Yes, it helped! Thank you.

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Last Updated on September 17, 2018 by Mitch Bartlett